y separately published work icon Why the Emu Can't Fly single work   picture book   children's   Indigenous story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Why the Emu Can't Fly
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    • South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 1992 .
      Extent: 36p.
      Description: col. illus., map
      ISBN: 186368025X (pbk)
    • South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Sandcastle Books , 1992 .
      Extent: 36p.
      Description: col. illus., map
      Reprinted: 1993 , 1995 , 1998 , 1999
      ISBN: 186368025X
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    y separately published work icon Bawoo Stories May L. O'Brien , Angela Leaney (illustrator), Sue Wyatt (illustrator), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2008 Z1507459 2008 selected work picture book children's Indigenous story

    'Four wonderful traditional teaching stories of the Wongutha people are collected together here for the first time: 'Barn Barn Barlala', 'The Kangaroos Who Wanted to be People', 'How Crows Became Black', 'Why the Emu Can't Fly'.

    First published as individual titles in 1992, these stories were ground-breaking publications, presenting traditional Indigenous stories in a bi-lingual text. Sales of the individual titles now exceed 26,000 copies each. Updated with a vibrant new design, the stories are still as fresh and appealing as ever. The collected work contains a map, explanatory note and a simple pronunciation guide for the Wongutha words used in the text.' (Source: Fremantle Press website)

    Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2008
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